We show that a transfer targeting a minority of the population is sustained by majority voting, however small the … this probability function under which more targeting results in a lower equilibrium size of the transfer system. …

voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged. …We investigate how income inequality affects social welfare in a model of voluntary contributions to multiple pure …

for redistribution beyond self-interest. Subjects generated a high or a low income either through a lottery or through an … when the inequality is generated by the tournament (lottery). The effect still holds when controlling for self …

This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Theoretically … concentration in pre- and after-tax income without additional redistribution via progressive taxes. It is, however, crucial to … consider the interdependence of decentralization and fragmentation as inequality decreasing effects of decentralization are …

Does parental wealth inequality impact next generation labor income inequality? And does a tax on parental wealth …

metric for optimal carbon prices. Previous literature shows that inequality significantly influences the level of the social … cost of carbon, but mostly neglects a major source of inequality - heterogeneity in income below the national level. We … inequality between and within countries. In particular, we demonstrate that climate and distributional policy cannot be separated …

We study beliefs about wealth inequality and preferences for wealth redistribution. For this, we conduct a large … position in it. Second, we investigate how preferences for wealth redistribution are affected by an information experiment. One … redistribution, we find no significant average treatment effect for either treatment in the full sample, although those who …

debate by proposing a new family of measures of unfair inequality. To do so, we acknowledge that inequality is not bad per se … fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … empirical applications provide important new insights on the development of unfair inequality both over time (in the US) and …

. Fiscal competition is associated with less income redistribution and a less equal distribution of disposable incomes, but …